WTPA31 PHFO 261200 TCPCP1 BULLETIN TROPICAL DEPRESSION KILO INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 23A NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI CP032015 200 AM HST WED AUG 26 2015 ...KILO DRIFTING WESTWARD...EXPECTED TO TURN SOUTHWEST TOWARD JOHNSTON ISLAND TODAY... SUMMARY OF 200 AM HST...1200 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...19.0N 167.6W ABOUT 200 MI...320 KM NE OF JOHNSTON ISLAND ABOUT 545 MI...875 KM WSW OF BARKING SANDS HAWAII MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH...55 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...W OR 270 DEGREES AT 3 MPH...5 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB...29.68 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY... NONE SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR... * JOHNSTON ISLAND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN 36 HOURS. DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK ------------------------------ AT 200 AM HST...1200 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION KILO WAS RELOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 19.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 167.6 WEST. THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 3 MPH...5 KM/H. KILO IS EXPECTED TO TURN TO THE SOUTHWEST TODAY...THEN CONTINUE A SLOW SOUTHWESTWARD MOTION THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF KILO WILL PASS CLOSE TO JOHNSTON ISLAND ON THURSDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SLOW INTENSIFICATION IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...AND KILO MAY BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER TODAY. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES. HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND ---------------------- WIND...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON JOHNSTON ISLAND STARTING ON THURSDAY. RAINFALL...RAINBANDS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM KILO ARE ALREADY AFFECTING JOHNSTON ISLAND AND ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AS KILO APPROACHES. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS TO 15 INCHES...ARE POSSIBLE. SURF...LARGE SURF IS EXPECTED TO BUILD ESPECIALLY ALONG NORTH AND NORTHEAST FACING SHORES AND REEFS AS KILO APPROACHES. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...500 AM HST. $$ FORECASTER JACOBSON/WROE